Description

A vulnerability in Spring LDAP allows data exposure for case sensitive comparisons.This issue affects Spring LDAP: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.3, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.9, from 3.1.0 through 3.1.7, from 3.2.0 through 3.2.7, AND all versions prior to 2.4.0.

The usage of String.toLowerCase() and String.toUpperCase() has some Locale dependent exceptions that could potentially result in unintended columns from being queried
Related to CVE-2024-38820 https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38820

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-38829

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 3.7

Affected Products

Vendor: Spring

Product: Spring LDAP

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.44% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38829

Timeline